FEB. 12.]

STATEMENT of the LIABILITIES and ASSETS of the under-mentioned BANKS in the Colony of NEW ZEALAND, for the QUARTER ended 31st DECEMBER, 1879.

LIABILITIES.

BANKS.

Notes in
Circulation.

Bills in
Circulation.

Balances due to
other Banks.

Deposits.

Total
Liabilities.

Bank of New Zealand

£
474,707 18
5
£
37,106 3
11
£
5,145 14
8
£
474,274 13
2
£
1,603,273 12
2
£
1,762,631 2
11
£
4,357,139 5
3
Union Bank of Australia

113,180 15
5
19,846 5
6
175 1
10
391,077 9
4
992,267 6
9
1,516,546 18
10
Bank of New South Wales

76,583 5
3
1,239 14
10
5,077 16
11
201,991 14
4
281,247 0
9
464,099 2
4
Bank of Australasia

49,226 4
8
6,676 17
10
126,948 19
1
535,327 19
3
720,654 14
4
National Bank of New Zealand (Limited)...

95,606 13
11
9,002 14
4
18,336 14
8
265,244 18
6
284,697 11
4
923,519 0
8
Colonial Bank of New Zealand

73,989 8
5
2,733 17
11
535 17
1
255,801 4
2
617,757 18
11
Totals

883,294 6
1
76,605 14
4
29,271 5
2
474,274 13
2
2,844,337 17
7
4,291,933 4
0
8,599,717 0
4

ASSETS.

BANKS.

Coined Gold and
Gold and Silver
Notes and
Balances due
Landed
Notes and Bills
Government
Other Funded
Debts due to the
Securities not
Total Assets.
Silver and other
in
Bills of other
from
Property.
Discounted.
Securities.
Securities.
Bank, exclusive
included under
Coined Metals.
Bullion or Bars.
Banks.
other Banks.
of Debts aban-
other heads.
doned as bad.
£
s. d.
£
s. d.
£
s. d.
£
s. d.
£
s. d.
£
s. d.
£
s. d.
£
s. d.
£
s. d.
£
s. d.
£
s. d.
£
s. d.
Bank of New Zealand
797,507 3 11
116,454 16 0
19,400 10 6
7,230 15 3
70,829 15 5
2,443,020 0 5
200,000 0 0
3,521,087 7 0
130,499 2 7
7,306,029 11 1
Union Bank of Australia
310,932 18 7
13,765 5 10
1,884 7 1
4,058 6 2
90,500 0 0
647,948 0 2
830,647 9 2
32,081 8 5
1,931,817 15 5
Bank of New South Wales
314,388 8 11
27,631 18 4
1,912 8 10
14,214 3 3
33,191 4 5
484,082 13 1
680,992 4 7
86,832 18 8
1,643,246 0 1
Bank of Australasia
106,425 2 7
1,705 15 11
37,834 18 0
442,284 14 7
422,940 4 0
2,570 17 2
1,013,761 12 3
National Bank of New Zealand
(Limited)
284,072 17 4
15,013 12 11
3,378 11 3
2,879 2 9
68,502 1 2
895,540 3 4
1,016,194 17 9
16,701 9 3
2,302,282 15 9
Colonial Bank of New Zealand
118,553 18 4
10,695 0 6
1,796 1 7
5,841 10 9
35,050 19 6
477,965 11 9
493,763 19 5
47,833 3 4
1,191,500 5 2
Totals

1,931,880 9 8
183,560 13 7
30,077 15 2
34,223 18 9
335,908 18
65,390,841 3 4
200,000 0 0
6,965,626 1 11
316,518 19 5
15,388,637 19 9

CAPITAL AND PROFITS.

BANKS.

Capital paid up.
Rate per annum of last Dividend.
Amount of last
Dividend declared.
Amount of Reserve
Fund at the time
of declaring such
Dividend.
£
s. d.
£
s. d.
£
s. d.
Bank of New Zealand
980,210 0 0
Fifteen per cent.
73,515 15 0
634,406 1 5
Union Bank of Australia
1,500,000 0 0
Sixteen per cent.
119,000 0 0
927,631 14 2
Bank of New South Wales
1,000,000 0 0
Seventeen and a half per cent.
87,500 0 0
570,872 14 1
Bank of Australasia
1,200,000 0 0
Twelve and a half per cent.
75,000 0 0
424,910 7 4
National Bank of New Zealand (Limited)
350,000 0 0
Six per cent.
10,500 0 0
22,221 8 4
Colonial Bank of New Zealand
399,962 15 0
Eight per cent.
15,836 0 0
65,881 18 1
Totals

5,430,172 15 0
381,351 15 0
2,645,924 3 5

Treasury,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1880.

JAS. B. HEYWOOD,
(for Secretary to the Treasury.)

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